Burundi radio journalist forced into hiding

A prominent radio journalist in Burundi has gone into hiding in fear of arrest after a police search at his home. Alexis Sinduhije, founder and director of Radio Publique Africaine and the 2004 recipient of the Committee to Protect Journalists' international press freedom award, believes the he may be arrested in retribution for recent broadcasts accusing the government of corruption and human rights abuses. "They are trying to shut me up," he told CPJ in a phone interview. Sinduhije's popular radio station has suffered from continual official harassment. (Via allafrica.com)